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The bombers and the bombed : Allied air war over Europe, 1940-1945 / Richard Overy

Publication | Library Call Number: D785 .O92 2014

A history of the Allied bombing campaigns of World War II questions the morality of British and American attacks on occupied European cities while offering insight into the course of the civilian front line of the Allied air war as it was shaped by political strategies.

Prologue: Bombing BulgariaThe sorcerer's apprentice: Bomber Command 1939-42The Casablanca Offensive: the Allies over Germany 1943-44The "Battle of Germany", 1944-45The logic of total war: German society under the bombsItaly: The war of bombs and wordsBombing friends, bombing enemies: Germany's new orderEpilogue: Lessons learned and not learned: bombing into the post-war world.

Learn about over 1,000 camps and ghettos in Volume I and II of this encyclopedia, which are available as a free PDF download. This reference provides text, photographs, charts, maps, and extensive indexes.